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INHORGENTA MUNICH 2012
A warm welcome to INHORGENTA MUNICH 2012! From 10 to 13 February 2012 Bettina Geistlich shows her collection at the international trade fair for jewellery, watches, design, gemstones and technology to interested trade visitors.
New Munich Trade Fair Centre, hall C2, booth 338
www.inhorgenta.com
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| December 2011 |
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Christmas Exhibition 2011
From 3 December 2011 to 14 January 2012 selected pieces of jewellery by formabina will be on display at Isabella Hund in Munich (DE). The gallery owner is cultivating the sophisticated jewellery culture of today in a strictly minimalist ambience.
Isabella Hund, Schmuck
Frauenplatz 13/Eingang Schäfflerstrasse
80331 München
www.isabella-hund.de
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| November 2011 |
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Red dots in the Pavilion
Welcome to your jewellery exhibition! Goldsmith Rolf Müller and jewellery designer Bettina Geistlich are displaying selected pieces from their collections in the Pavilion. The innovator is putting a modern interpretation on the art of damascening, while the technician – a winner of the red dot design award – is exploring CAD and rapid prototyping processes.
Goldschmiedatelier Rolf Müller
Oberdorfstrasse 15, 8753 Mollis
Saturday, 19 November 2011, 16.00–20.00
Sunday, 20 November 2011, 14.00–18.00
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| August 2011 |
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Modern Jewelry Collection 2011
The velvel ring is being included in the Modern Jewelry Collection.
The Modern Jewelry Collection is the first virtual jewellery collection to exemplify the present day jewellery culture. Fifty works have been added to the collection in 2011. Altogether around 250 works by 75 participants from five countries were nominated.
To be nominated, works must have an authentic artistic signature and a high level of design quality. The nominated works are on display for one year in a virtual showroom at www.artaurea.com.
Once a year a board of trustees, in which renowned gallery owners and proprietors of modern jewellery businesses are represented, assess all the works submitted. In this selection process they evaluate not only the creativity but also the impact of the work as wearable jewellery.
www.artaurea.com
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| July 2011 |
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Digital Poetry: formabina in the Tages Anzeiger
Bettina Geistlich belongs to the new generation of jewellery designers: fascinated with technology, she creates her pieces on the computer.
On 19 July 2011, Ulrike Hark presents the jewellery designer in the Tages Anzeiger newspaper.
Digital poetry (PDF, 1.5 MB, german)
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| June 2011 |
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Imagination and a PC: formabina in the FAZ
Geometric shapes have always fascinated Bettina Geistlich. And technology is another of her passions. Together, they provide an ideal platform for this goldsmith. Her unusual approach gives rise to unusual pieces of jewellery.
On 14 June 2011, Monika Schramm reports on the jewellery designer in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper.
Imagination and a PC (PDF, 1 MB, german)
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| February 2011 |
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inhorgenta 2011
A warm welcome to inhorgenta 2011! From 25 to 28 February 2011 Bettina Geistlich shows her collection at the international trade fair for jewellery, watches, design, gemstones and technology to interested trade visitors.
New Munich Trade Fair Centre, hall C2, booth 412
www.inhorgenta.com
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| November 2010 |
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red dot design award exhibition at HKDI Gallery
On 25 November 2010 the Hong Kong Design Institute will be opening the gates of its design school housed in a newly constructed building. The new school represents a milestone in Hong Kongs professional design education uniting all four formerly separated faculties under one roof.
On occasion of the opening a prestigious selection of red dot awarded products will be shown at the brand new gallery of the Hong Kong Design Institute. As a winner of the red dot: best of the best the yedris ring is among the chosen exhibits which will be presented at this special event. The exhibition will be running from 26 November 2010 to 25 February 2011.
www.hkdi.edu.hk
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| September 2010 |
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Schmuck Award 2010
The readers of the Schmuck Magazin have selected the velvel ring as a jewellery highlight of the year.
Schmuck Magazin has been granting the Schmuck Award for outstanding pieces of jewellery since the year 2009. The readers are asked to give their votes and select an innovative design from among the submitted works of designers, goldsmiths, jewellers and manufacturers.
This recognition by the readers reflects the approach to design which Bettina Geistlich takes in her work, and positions the formabina jewellery as a part of modern jewellery culture poised between a concrete construction, a playful easiness and an emotional sensuality.
www.schmuckmagazin.de
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| July 2010 |
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Modern Jewelry Collection 2010
The yedris ring is being included in the permanent collection of the virtual Art Aurea Museum.
Twenty-two members of the Modern Jewelry Academy – a board of trustees made up of gallery owners, modern jewellers, professors and specialist authors – have selected 48 pieces from 249 works created by 75 jewellery designers and manufacturers.
Inclusion in the collection not only emphasizes the design quality and originality of the piece. At the same time, it emphasizes its significance in the market as an outstanding, wearable piece of contemporary jewellery.
www.artaurea.com
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| May 2010 |
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Nomination for the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany 2011
The yedris and velvel rings from the current collection by formabina have been nominated to participate in the German Design Award 2011.
The Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany is the country's highest distinction in the field of design. The prize is sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology and is presented annually for outstanding achievements in the fields of product and communication design.
An independent jury of experts selects the winners of the German Design Award. The jury is made up of representatives from industry, the universities, the design world and the media.
www.designpreis.de
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| March 2010 |
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iF product design award 2010
The velvel ring receives the iF product design award 2010.
The distinct design with its discernible structure and playful style, as well as the specially selected combination of materials – Spirit Diamond, Context Diamond and platinum impressed the international jury of the iF International Forum Design.
The velvel ring will be on show in the iF product design award exhibition at the show ground in Hanover (DE) from March to August 2010. There are nearly 300 000 visitors to this exhibition, which keeps the public informed about the latest developments in the world of design.
www.ifdesign.de
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| February 2010 |
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inhorgenta europe 2010
A warm welcome to inhorgenta europe 2010! From 19 to 22 February 2010 Bettina Geistlich shows her collection at the 37th international trade fair for watches, jewellery, precious stones, pearls and technology to interested trade visitors.
New Munich Trade Fair Centre, hall C2, booth 408
www.inhorgenta.com
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| October 2009 |
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formabina goes Beijing
In celebration of the Beijing International Design Week during the course of the Icograda World Design Congress 2009 from 24 to 30 October 2009 red dot is presenting for the first time a best of selection – a range of the best works of the red dot design award. As a winner of the red dot: best of the best the yedris ring will be part of the special exhibition at the China Millennium Monument in Peking (CN).
www.beijing2009.org
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| July 2009 |
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Modern Jewelry Collection
Four works from the current collection by formabina have been nominated for the Modern Jewelry Collection. The jury will give its verdict on the yedris, vimina and velvel rings and the trema bracelet.
The Modern Jewelry Collection is an annual selection of important works by up-market jewellery designers and manufacturers. It will be announced early in 2010 and presented in the Art Aurea virtual museum.
The Modern Jewelry Academy – an international circle of eminent jewellery shops, galleries, academics, curators and journalists – will decide which works are to be included in the collection.
www.artaurea.com
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| March 2009 |
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red dot: best of the best
The yedris ring wins the highest design award in the red dot design award.
With its excellent and innovative design, yedris has succeeded in one of the most renowned and hardest international design competitions. In the red dot award: product design 2009 the top-class jury awarded the red dot: best of the best for highest design quality only 49 times among the 3231 submitted products.
Together with the other award-winning products, yedris will be on display from 30 June to 26 July 2009 in the exhibition design on stage – winners red dot award: product design 2009 at the red dot design museum on the premises of the Zeche Zollverein World Cultural Heritage Site at Essen (DE). After the 26 July 2009 it will be presented in the red dot design museum's permanent exhibition for at least one year. With approximately 1500 products on more than 4000 square metres, the red dot design museum houses the largest permanent exhibition of contemporary design worldwide.
www.red-dot.de
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